Blog of helios » Blog Archive » 86 Year Old Great-Grandmother Hoists The Jolly Roger
Helois is at it again. This time creating criminals out of old ladies. 
Got tired of smoke and such on the bottom of the pans when cooking over the fire at the campsite so took a load of cement block and stove parts down there and put them together to make something to cook on.
Spent part of the afternoon today (wed) with a shovel and bucket getting dirt and filling the cavities in the block. After getting them packed I got a bucket of dirt and added water and mixed till a nice mud was formed. After 2 buckets of mud was applied and worked into the block around the top, front and sides are close to done and well covered. Got a fire in it to dry it as much as possible. Will have a lot of cracks to fill this way but will get it done quick. And it’s dirt cheap!
Next step is to build a large smoker chamber on the back where the flue comes out. Gonna try to build it to take refrigerator shelving. Figure if I build it with a 4 foot high area with the width and depth of the fridge trays that should allow up to 200 pounds of meat to be smoked and/or slow cooked at a time.
Will try to get some pix of the basic stove sans smoker tomorrow.
